Wahlstrom Peak
| Wahlstrom Peak | ||
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| height | 4677 m | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Vinson Massif , Sentinel Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 32 '48 " S , 85 ° 39' 14" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Wahlstrom Peak is a 4,677 m high and scharfgratiger mountaintop in West Antarctic Ellsworth Land . It rises 2.9 km southeast of Mount Vinson from the Vinson massif in the Sentinel Range of the Ellsworth Mountains .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 2006 after the American mountaineer Richard Wahlstrom, a member of the American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition (1966-1967), in which the first ascent of the Vinson massif and other high mountains in the Sentinel Range succeeded.
Web links
- Wahlstrom Peak in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wahlstrom Peak on geographic.org (English)